Kundalini Yoga Venus Kriyas Strenuous Crow

 

Steps to follow:

1. Sit opposite your partner and begin with tuning in with the hands in prayer mudra (hands together before the chest), by chanting three times: "Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo" .

2. Then chant: "Aad Guray Namay, Jugat Guray Namay, Sat Guray Namay, Siri Guru Devay Namay" three times.

3. With hands still together, look into the eyes of your partner and bow your head in recognition of the God-consciousness in her or him.

4. When looking into each other's eyes, project love and divine light. Project humbly: for example, "I am nothing, you are great." This opens the heart to let love flow, the real love that Yogi Bhajan defines as "the experience of selflessness within oneself." If no mantra is specified you may chose any loving thoughts or positive affirmations.

Venus Kriya Strenuous Crow:

Stand facing your partner. Join hands and look into each other's eyes, projecting divine love (1).

Verbally greet each other. Then squat down together into Crow Pose, keeping the feet flat on the floor and touching the buttocks to the floor (2). Talk to each other throuout the exercise.

Each cycle of the exercise should take 3-4 seconds. Continue for 3 minutes, then complete the kriya with steps 5 and 6.

5. Stretch up, twist from side to side, again bring hands together, look into the eyes of your partner, and say: "Thank you. Sat Nam", (that is Truth is my Identity), and bow deeply before your partner.

6. Massage each other if you feel like it, and then relax completely.

*) updated September 1" 2017

 

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